Cash Flow Statement
Quarterly Data
The cash flow statement provides information about a company cash receipts and cash payments during an accounting period, showing how these cash flows link the ending cash balance to the beginning balance shown on the company balance sheet.
The cash flow statement consists of three parts: cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities, cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities, and cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities.
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-03-31).
The financial performance from early 2017 through early 2022 is characterized by significant volatility, particularly during the period between March 2020 and December 2020. Net income experienced extreme fluctuations, shifting from moderate profitability and intermittent losses in 2017 and 2018 to severe deficits in 2020, with a peak loss of 1,397 million US dollars in the first quarter of 2020. A recovery phase is evident starting in late 2021, although the trend remained inconsistent into the first quarter of 2022.
- Operating Cash Flow Dynamics
- Net cash provided by operating activities exhibits high seasonality and is heavily influenced by deferred merchant bookings. Significant cash inflows are observed in the first quarters of 2019, 2021, and 2022, corresponding with spikes in deferred merchant bookings. Conversely, 2020 saw a profound collapse in operating cash flow, reaching a low of negative 1,846 million US dollars in June 2020. This period was further impacted by substantial impairment of goodwill and intangible assets, particularly the 886 million US dollars recorded in March 2020.
- Investing Activity and Capital Expenditure
- Capital expenditures remained relatively consistent throughout the analyzed period, generally ranging between 128 million and 299 million US dollars per quarter. A strategic shift in investment activity is noted; while the company frequently engaged in the purchase and sale of investments between 2017 and 2019, these activities diminished in scale by 2021. The first quarter of 2022 showed a transition to a net positive cash flow from investing activities, aided by a gain on the sale of business totaling 456 million US dollars.
- Financing and Liquidity Management
- Financing activities reveal a strategic pivot to maintain liquidity during the 2020 crisis. This is evidenced by 1,900 million US dollars in revolving credit facility borrowings in March 2020 and 2,714 million US dollars in long-term debt issuance in June 2020, complemented by 1,132 million US dollars from the issuance of preferred stock and warrants. Subsequent periods show a trend of deleveraging, with significant payments of long-term debt in 2021 and the redemption of preferred stock totaling 618 million US dollars in both the third and fourth quarters of 2021.
- Working Capital and Asset Trends
- The impact of working capital is dominated by the volatility of deferred merchant bookings, which creates large swings in net cash flow. Accounts receivable and accounts payable, merchant also showed extreme movements during 2020, reflecting the disruption in travel bookings and the subsequent settlement of obligations. Stock-based compensation remained a consistent non-cash add-back, generally increasing from the 40-60 million US dollar range in 2017-2019 to peaks above 100 million US dollars in 2021.
Overall, the data indicates a company that utilized aggressive debt financing to offset severe operational losses and cash outflows during 2020, subsequently using recovered operating cash flows and asset sales to restructure its balance sheet and reduce debt obligations by early 2022.
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